Optical frequency domain ranging by a frequency-shifted feedback laser

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 305-316

  Nakamura, Koichiro ^a   Hara, Takefumi ^a,b   Yoshida, Masato ^a   Miyahara, Toshiharu ^a,c   Ito, Hiromasa ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Koden Electronics Co   (Japan)

^c MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTOOPTICAL EFFECTS; DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; FREQUENCIES; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT MODULATORS; REFLECTOMETERS;

ACOUSTOOPTIC MODULATION; FREQUENCY CHIRP; FREQUENCY MODULATED CONTINUOUS WAVE REFLECTOMETRY; FREQUENCY SHIFTED FEEDBACK LASER; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER; OPTICAL FREQUENCY DOMAIN RANGING;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS;

EID: 0033885263     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.825877     Document Type: Article

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